Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... whole was wrapped up in an envelope , superscribed To Mr. Skinner , Merchant . On examination , the large manuscript proved to be the long lost Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity , which , according to Wood and Toland , Milton ...
... whole was wrapped up in an envelope , superscribed To Mr. Skinner , Merchant . On examination , the large manuscript proved to be the long lost Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity , which , according to Wood and Toland , Milton ...
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... whole superincumbent mass with its own heat and radiance . It is not our intention to attempt any thing like a complete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable ...
... whole superincumbent mass with its own heat and radiance . It is not our intention to attempt any thing like a complete examination of the poetry of Milton . The public has long been agreed as to the merit of the most remarkable ...
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... whole effect is destroyed . The spell loses its power ; and he who should then hope to conjure with it would find himself as much mistaken as Cassim in the Arabian tale , when he stood crying , " Open Wheat , " " Open Barley , " to the ...
... whole effect is destroyed . The spell loses its power ; and he who should then hope to conjure with it would find himself as much mistaken as Cassim in the Arabian tale , when he stood crying , " Open Wheat , " " Open Barley , " to the ...
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... whole rout of Satyrs and Goblins . If ever despondency and asperity could be excused in any man , they might have been excused in Milton . But the strength of his mind overcame every calamity . Neither blindness , nor gout , nor age ...
... whole rout of Satyrs and Goblins . If ever despondency and asperity could be excused in any man , they might have been excused in Milton . But the strength of his mind overcame every calamity . Neither blindness , nor gout , nor age ...
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... whole appearance ; and then ask in scorn where the promised splendour and comfort is to be found . If such miserable sophisms were to prevail , there would never be a good house or a good government in the world . Ariosto tells a pretty ...
... whole appearance ; and then ask in scorn where the promised splendour and comfort is to be found . If such miserable sophisms were to prevail , there would never be a good house or a good government in the world . Ariosto tells a pretty ...
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